CONGRATULATIONS!

De Anza Awarded $1.2 Million to Serve AANAPI Students

Thanks to the efforts of International/Intercultural Studies Dean Duane Kubo and IIS instructor Mae Lee, De Anza was awarded a grant for $1.2 million from the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institutions (AANAPISI) program of the U.S. Department of Education.

The funds will be used for programs to meet the needs of AANAPI students, such as:

• Expansion and development of cohort-based Summer Bridge sessions
• Creation of multilingual breakout sessions for AANAPI parents at college orientation
• Expansion of SSRS center as hub for student assessments, referrals and information about college services
• Expansion and development of First-Year Experience tailored to AANAPI studentsDevelopment of new learning communities tailored to AANAPI students

Kirsch Center Wins First Place for Exceptional Performance

The Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies won a first-place award for exceptional performance in occupant satisfaction, resource efficiency and overall design from UC Berkeley-based Center for the Built Environment (CBE).

The Kirsch Center, conceived, operated and maintained by dedicated De Anza staff and faculty and named for donors Steve and Michele Kirsch, is a key component of the college's comprehensive sustainability efforts, which include the SMP, the LEED certification of the Science Center and the Student and Community Services Building; the Kirsch Center's recently awarded LEED platinum certification and at least LEED silver certification of the planned Visual and Performing Arts and Mediated Learning centers.

Dining Services Receives Top Honors

Patrick Gannon, director of De Anza Dining Services, and his staff won the Gold award in the category of Retail Sales - Multiple in the 35th annual Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards national contest presented by the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS). The award was presented at the NACUFS conference in July 2008, at which De Anza was named the finest college or university dining services in the United States.

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS

Students

• Two De Anza students placed fifth in the Beijing Olympics inSynchronized Swimming Pairs
• More than 20 Film/TV students transferred into top universities. More student awards
  

Faculty

• Art history instructor Catie Cadge-Moore was selected to participate in "2008 Andean Worlds: New Directions in Scholarship and Teaching," a summer institute co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Community College Humanities Association. More faculty highlights
  

Staff and Programs

• Kirsch Center received a Platinum LEED-certified rating, first in the nation for a community college.
• Athletics was named best comprehensive program in the Coast Conference.
• Fujitsu Computer Systems donated $1 million to the college, with $500,000 to the renamed Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College. More staff and program awards
  

Presentations and Publications

• Kathy Flores, ESL instructor and placement test coordinator, published her book "What Every ESL Student Should Know" with University of Michigan Press.